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    <abstract id="aspace_f613b0fe3cd7b46b130558c991b56bda">Unpublished manuscript titled "Helvetia, the Swiss Land of West Virginia," by Edwin A. Smith. This collection consists of a photocopy of a typed document. The manuscript regards the history of Helvetia, a Randolph County community established in 1869 by a group of Swiss immigrants.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Edwin A. Smith, Author, Manuscript regarding Helvetia, West Virginia, A&amp;M 1346, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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